Summary Part #3!!!!
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Concerned people are fighting against the loss of the Amazon rain forest. Hundreds of years ago, the Yanomami people started settling in the Amazon Rain forest. In the 1960s, other poor families began settling in the Rain Forest. This brought in many roads, sawmills, and loggers. In 1991, the Yanomami received 36,000 square miles of land from the Brazilian government. In the year 2004 alone, almost 10,000 square miles of the rain forest had already been cut down. Over the years, experts say that about twenty percent of the Amazon rain forest has been destroyed. Soy farming is making things in Brazil even worse then before. When soy farming, the land gets cleared out, and destroys even more land. The Amazon Region Protected Area, (ARPA) and the WWF are helping to protect the rain forest. Together, they are now protecting twelve percent of this land, which is about the size of California.
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brunsmana
on May 10, 2006 at 9:46 AM
Olivia,Excellent work adding transitions!
2/2 listed the main ideas in the first sentence
2/2 details support the main idea in the first sentence
2/2 supporting details are written in sequence
2/2 summary is brief
2/2 includes facts instead of opinions
2/2 rephrased author�s words
3/3 correct spelling
3/3 complete sentences with varying beginnings
3/3 followed grammar rules
Total: 21/21 points
Mrs. Brunsman
